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6 Biotech Stocks Under $5 Worth Looking At
By Leanna Kelly
Updated Mar 8, 2022 at 12:26PM
These days, you can't buy a lot for five bucks. If you really want to get the most for your money, it's worth looking at biotech stocks under $5. While technically penny stocks, there are a few companies that offer plenty of potential to run under the right circumstances. The problem is, there are dozens of biotech penny stocks out there. Finding one that's under $5 that has a promising future ahead of it isn't always easy.
We've taken the legwork out of sifting through the bargain bin of biotechs. Here's a look at six biotech stocks under $5 and why they're worth a look. Keep in mind that not all of them are pure biotech plays, but all have strong exposure within the biotech sector. Here's what to watch.
Best Biotech Stocks Under $5
1. Atossa Therapeutics Inc.
It's rare to find a bargain bin biotech that's active in late-stage trials. Atossa Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ATOS) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. Its current focus is on breast cancer and COVID-19—two of the most well-funded diseases in medicine today.
The company's COVID-19 symptom-reducing nasal spray moves into Stage 2 trials shortly, which could open up a new revenue stream. The big thing to keep an eye on for long-term success is Endoxifen: the company's therapy to reduce mammographic breast density. It's already in late-stage clinical testing, with strong initial results to pique investor curiosity. It's one to watch as its trials come to fruition.
2. Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc.
Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (NYSE: LCTX) focuses on developing novel cell therapies. The company's immediate focus is a drug for age-related macular degeneration; however, it has a diverse profile of drugs in development. Its drug for nerve regeneration to treat neurological conditions is on to Stage 3 clinical trials. Meanwhile, its promising large-cell lung cancer drug is just coming out of Stage 1 trials.
The company's intriguing pipeline and 12-month grow trend have investors hitching their wagons to a small company that could get a whole lot bigger as it begins to produce meaningful results and marketable drugs.
3. Agenus Inc.
Its focus on immunotherapy, including immuno-oncology, makes Agenus Inc. (Nasdaq: AGEN) part of a hot segment of the biotech industry right now. For a $600 million market cap, the company has a strong pipeline of single agent and combination therapies up and coming. Specifically, the company is testing immune modulating antibodies, Allogeneic iNKT cell therapy, cancer-preventing vaccines and adjuvants.
The diversity of Agenus Inc.'s pipeline is only part of its appeal. The staggered progression of these therapies could have investors seeing green for years to come if even a fraction of them come to market. Its partnerships with Gilead and Chinese pharma companies lends even more intrigue to its potential as a growth stock.
4. Sesen Bio Inc.
In the market for a niche biotech stock under $5? Turn your attention to Sesen Bio Inc. (Nasdaq: SESN) and its focus on treatments for bladder cancer. Its Vicineum product recently completed Phase 3 clinical trial and is pending FDA approval. And while this is exciting, it's not nearly as inspiring as the long-term potential of the company.
If successful, Vicineum could pave the way for treating a wide range of cancers. It uses a novel fusion protein approach to disguise antibodies to target tumors, to selectively and broadly kill cancer cells. The stock price has already doubled in 2021, and it's not out of the realm of possibility for it to double again before the end of the year.
5. Spectrum Pharmaceuticals
With a primary focus in hematology and oncology, Spectrum Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: SPPI) is a great example of a stock the market forgot about. The company was a powerhouse in 2000, with shares trading for close to $600! If the stock can find its way to profitability again, there's a strong runway ahead of it and a proven past behind it.
How can it restore some of its former glory? Two drugs offer tremendous promise for the company. ROLONTIS® is a treatment for chemotherapy-induced neutropenia with the potential to improve quality of life for cancer patients. Poziotinib is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) for the treatment of solid tumors. With Stage 2 and 3 trials in progress, Spectrum Pharmaceuticals could have a profitable drug out in the near future.
6. VBI Vaccines
Vaccines are a hot topic right now, and VBI Vaccines (Nasdaq: VBIV) has profited from the situation. This immunology company has a pipeline with several promising preclinical vaccines, including broad coronavirus varieties. It's also awaiting reporting from a Stage 3 trial of its Hepatitis B vaccine.
Vaccine funding and demand has reached a fever pitch. As demand for more effective vaccinations grows on the innovations discovered during COVID-19, the company could reap the benefits. With both prophylactic and therapeutic candidates in the mix, there's ample opportunity for progress at VBI Vaccines.
Investing in Biotech Penny Stocks
From vaccines to stem cells, these companies may have different focuses, but they're all part of a burgeoning sector. The biotech tailwinds caused by COVID-19 will blow strong for years to come. These biotech stocks under $5 may be a bargain right now, but they could very well double or triple in value, or even grow to become mid-cap companies in the coming years. If you've got a few unallocated dollars in your portfolio, this might be the place to put them to work.
Please note that the market is always in flux. The securities listed above were recommended while trading at a share price of under $5, but may have since gained in value.
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According to source from ESPN, the New York Knicks wants a pg for the next year. Darren Collison, who has a guaranteed contract with Kings for the next year ($5,229,454) and Jeff Teague, who also has a guaranteed contract with Atlanta Hawks ($8,000,000) are the options for now.


How does a cast saw work without cutting you?
It's a saw. Powered by electricity. And they're planning to use it on your arm or leg to cut off the cast that's touching your skin.
How can this not end up a bloody disaster? In a word: resistance. And once you know the secret, you'll hopefully be a little more relaxed when the whirring metal sawblade descends upon your body.
The principle making it work is very similar to something you've noticed in everyday life: If you try to write on a piece of paper that doesn't have something supporting it, you won't really be able to get very far. The paper will just bend and move, offering little resistance. But once the page is rigid, your pen or pencil can produce enough friction to mark the paper.
The same general idea is in play with an oscillating cast saw. Since the sawblade only vibrates, and does not spin, skin can withstand contact without being cut (with some rare exceptions). But the inflexible cast material — plaster or fiberglass — offers a lot of resistance, and the blade can do its job.
That resistance, however, can lead to one of the possible problems with cast-cutting: burns.
Because of the amount of friction generated (moreso with fiberglass than with plaster), the person removing your cast needs to be careful. If not a physician, ideally, he or she has been fully trained and/or is a certified orthopedic cast technician.
Less problematic, hopefully, is the fact that the vibration from the saw feels strange — and can even tickle a bit.
Also see: How do bones break?
The cast saw ("Plaster cast cutter") was first patented by Homer H Stryker in the 1940s, and the most common cast cutting saw used today still bears his name: Stryker.
My improved implement is highly efficient in the cutting of casts or other hard substances but yielding surfaces or materials are not cut or injured thereby in the event the cutter should accidentally contact the skin of a person and it does not cut fabrics or other objects unless they are supported by a fairly rigid backing.
While it's hard to imagine that cast removal technology hasn't improved much in 70 years or so, sometimes simplicity is the purest form of genius.
But who knows? Maybe in a generation or two, laser cast removal will be the way to go.
Until then, research on ways to help fractures heal more quickly — from stem cell therapy to electrical bone stimulation — is ongoing. If we're really lucky, we will one day be able to heal broken bones almost instantly, Hollywood-style.


Red Cross and Red Crescent partners paid tribute to Tuvalu Red Cross Society Secretary General, Olioliga Iosua (Oli), who passed away last Friday.
Parts of the Pacific island state of Tuvalu are in danger of running out of fresh drinking water.
Thanks to WHO funds, the Tuvalu Red Cross has organised a biggest weight loser competition that started in September 2010 in partnership with the Ministry of Health.


The Congress wants the links between RSS and its sister organisations to be probed. Congress party resolution that was moved in the plenary in Delhi recently said "he Indian National Congress calls upon the government to tackle this menace in the strongest possible manner and investigate links between the terrorists and the RSS and its sister organisations that have been uncovered in some recent cases." The resolution which was proposed by Pranab Mukherjee also noted that the role of religious fundamentalist organisations posing threat to the security of the nation could no longer be ignored. The resolution further said terrorism, from wherever it comes and whatever form it takes, must be dealt with firmly and effectively.


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Pacific Union's acquisition announcement met with shock, tears and a cocktail party
As news of the blockbuster acquisition by Compass unfolded on Tuesday, stunned agents and employees struggled to understand ramifications of the deal
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Even as cocktails were being poured, a source claimed there were tears in the Paragon Real Estate Group office from agents who felt blindsided by the news.
As news broke Tuesday of Compass' impending acquisition of Pacific Union International, the announcement was met with shock, tears, and a cocktail party, according to sources.
Inman broke the news on Tuesday, after confirming with sources close to the blockbuster transaction, that Compass was closing in on a deal to acquire Pacific Union International, which closed more than $14 billion in transactions last year and is ranked fifth in the nation by sales volume. The California-based company boasts 54 offices and 1,700 agents throughout the state.
Pacific Union CEO Mark McLaughlin confirmed a deal was in the works in an email to employees – and Inman obtained a recorded voice message sent to agents, staff and assistants that discussions with Compass were taking place.
"I'm excited to share that we are in the midst of very productive discussions to create a partnership among Pacific Union, The Mark Company, Chartwell Escrow and Compass," McLaughlin wrote in the company wide email. "As we consider opportunities for out future, we think carefully about the impact these decisions will have on both our valued real estate professionals and dedicated support teams."
Later on Tuesday evening, Pacific Union held a company cocktail party for all agents, staff and assistants, after the news broke, according to a source.
"This is a very exciting time in our industry and a time to celebrate," Ed Lynch, the senior vice president of Pacific Union's Marin region wrote in the invitation email, a source forwarded to Inman.
Another source claimed there were tears in the Paragon Real Estate Group office from agents who felt blindsided by the news. Paragon Real Estate Group was acquired by Compass in July.
Stephen Pugh, the head of Pacific Union's commercial division joined the company from Paragon Real Estate Group earlier this year and a source told Inman he was asked to leave Paragon. The source also said that Pugh and Dan McGue, the executive vice president of Paragon Real Estate Group's commercial division, do not get along.
"Now they are back at the same company," the source said. "The cultural issues will lead to departures."
Pugh, when reached by Inman, said he doesn't have concerns about working alongside the Paragon team, and he hasn't heard any other concerns from members of his team.
"Things happen in the business world and the way I see it and Pacific Union Commercial sees it as a real positive," Pugh said. "The past is the past. We're all looking forward to creating a great relationship through Compass."
It was the formation of Compass' new commercial division, building off the established Paragon Real Estate Group division, that led McLaughlin to take a shot at Compass, on August 3, in a phone conversation with Inman.
"I got a kick out of Compass' announcement because they say they're getting into commercial, but most of the Paragon team joined us about 90 days ago," said McLaughlin.
Fidelity National Financial Services (FNF) purchased a controlling stake in Pacific Union in December 2014, according to the company's 2016 financial report. FNF did not respond to a request for comment asking if it was FNF's stake that Compass was acquiring.
Inman obtained a copy of an email sent on August 5 from Iris Lichtman, assistant general counsel at Compass to McLaughlin, in which Lichtman included an updated due diligence request list – a document that a potential investor uses to examine a business it's interested in investing in or acquiring. The email confirms that discussions have been taking place since at least August 5.
With its Bay Area recent acquisitions, Compass has acquired brokerages that closed more than $16 billion in sales volume in California last year, according to the Real Trends 500's 2018 ranking, which uses sales numbers from 2017.
Inman could not concretely confirm the acquisition price, but at Inman Connect in San Francisco this year, Compass CEO Robert Reffkin revealed it pays the brokerages it acquires between four to six times its yearly earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA), depending on the size of the acquisition.
Compass, backed by last year's infusion of $550 million in venture capital funding, has aggressively expanded this year. It has acquired Conlon Real Estate and The Hudson Company, both in Chicago; P.S. Platinum in San Diego, ICS Realty in Aventura, Florida and most recently Avenue Properties in Seattle.
The technology-focused real estate brokerage, founded in New York City in 2012, has also launched in a number of new markets this year, including: Seattle, Philadelphia, Naples, San Diego, Tahoe, Dallas. It also recently began a push to license its technology to brokerages in markets where Compass doesn't currently operate, as an additional revenue stream. The first such deal fell apart.
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Capone-N-Noreaga are back together and promise to be in the studio next week, contrary to the Twitter reports of disbanding in 2011, as the duo tells Sway Calloway.
Veteran Queens, New York duo Capone-N-Noreaga stated that they would be going on hiatus in mid-2011, following the War Report 2 album a year earlier. At the time, N.O.R.E. took to Twitter to confirm that CNN would record no more, and asked, "Doesn't it hurt to watch a boxer still box when he's heart isn't in it that's what the group feels like right now." At the time, it was unclear whether or not he was talking about himself or his rhyme partner.
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AIPAC Controlled Congress vis-a vis HOUSE Reps. O'Rourke, Engel and Royce
By Eileen Fleming
On Thursday the Jewish Daily FORWARD admitted "It took only one wrong vote to teach a freshman Democrat from Texas how sensitive, and even wrathful, the Jewish community can be when it comes to Israel.
"But the real story of what happened to Rep. Beto O'Rourke did not stop with the angry reaction he got when he cast one of only eight votes in Congress against special funding for Israel's Iron Dome rocket defense system during the recent Gaza war.
"What is notable is how quickly the carrot followed the stick…"
In September, The New Yorker magazine writer Connie Bruck recounted the reaction that rained down on the El Paso congressman which contended O'Rourke was "an anti-Israel congressman" and denounced his vote as "shameful."
O'Rourke has no record of criticizing or voting against Israel and he did not even oppose more funding for the Iron Dome system.
What O'Rourke opposed was rushing through the large appropriation without any debate in Congress.
In a Facebook post O'Rourke wrote:
I could not in good conscience vote for borrowing $225 million more to send to Israel, without debate and without discussion, in the midst of a war that has cost more than a thousand civilian lives already, too many of them children.
Congressman O'Rourke's represents Texas's 16th District, which has a population of 862,000 including 4,000 Jewish residents and a 70% Hispanic majority.
Israel receives over $3.6 billion per year 'courtesy' of USA taxpayers.
Since the October War in 1973, Washington has provided Israel with a level of support dwarfing the amounts provided to any other state. It has been the largest annual recipient of direct U.S. economic and military assistance since 1976 and the largest total recipient since World War ll. Total direct U.S. aid to Israel amounts to well over $140 billion in 2003 dollars. Israel receives about $3 billion in direct foreign assistance each year, which is roughly one-fifth of America's entire foreign aid budget. In per capita terms, the United States gives each Israeli a direct subsidy worth about $500 per year. This largesse is especially striking when one realizes that Israel is now a wealthy industrial state with a per capita income roughly equal to South Korea or Spain.- John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy"
The El Paso Jewish federation sent out an alert to its members urging them to take action. It contained O'Rourke's contact information and a suggested sample letter. Another email, for which no one will now take responsibility, circulated among Jewish activists urging supporters not to re-elect him.
O'Rourke responded by meeting with a group of 10 pro-Israel local leaders, key members of AIPAC, heads of local synagogues and the Jewish federation. O'Rourke also met with the Israeli consul general to the Southwest, Meir Shlomo, and invited federation leaders to meet with him in Washington when they come to the capital for the Jewish federations' General Assembly in November.
Zionist activists were satisfied and attributed O'Rourke's vote against Iron Dome as a "freshman's mistake."
O'Rourke will soon join a group of lawmakers going to Israel on a trip arranged and paid for by an AIPAC affiliated organization.
Beto O'Rourke is a fourth-generation El Paso native whose political focus has been on immigration and veteran's affair.
Foreign policy has never been a top priority for O'Rourke, but this author, reporter and former candidate for U.S. HOUSE contends Foreign Policy defines a leader.
Before the worn out canard of being an 'Anti-Semite' is hurled at me – again – I contend:
TRUE Anti-Semitism is a prejudice against or hostility towards the Jewish people and it is rooted in fear that breed's hatred and it must be denounced and confronted!
According to Webster's Dictionary a SEMITE is "a member of any of a number of peoples of ancient southwestern Asia including the Akkadians, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs or a descendant of these peoples" thus Palestinians are as much a Semite as any Jew!
I also contend that Thomas Paine was America's most forward thinking of our Founding Fathers who noted:
"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it."
Foreign Agents: The American Israel Public Affairs Committee from the 1963 Fulbright Hearings to the 2005 Espionage Scandal by Grant F. Smith, Director for the Institute of Research Middle East Policy details how America's Middle East policy has been formulated and thrives due to the dearth of relevant reporting on AIPAC's activities – essentially because the Fourth Estate has acted more like sayanim [VOLUNTEERS] for Zionism than muckrakers – meaning investigative journalists.
Senator Fulbright asked questions regarding Jewish-Agency-funded US foreign agents who did not register with the Justice Department or disclose their true financing, funding flows or covert activities.
Smith exposes how AIPAC/American Israel Public Affairs Committee operates "within a murky nexus regulated by four important but seldom enforced US laws." [1]
The lax enforcement of The Logan Act, The Foreign Agents Registration Act/FARA, the 1917 Espionage Act, Thompson Memorandum guidelines for prosecuting corporate crime coupled with the fear of being labeled anti-Semitic and a media who have failed at their commission to seek and report the truth have all colluded to exert an undue influence over Congress and thus; we the people of America to be "under the de facto influence of a powerful foreign interest." [2]
Smith documents how AIPAC-a constellation of individuals and organizations that make up the "Israel lobby" –which I define as a Zionist Lobby-continues to actively steer USA foreign policy in a militant and pro-Israel only direction beginning when 'civilized' men in the United Nations partitioned Palestine in 1947 after the British Mandate ended.
Senator Fulbright expressed great concern over the activities of unregistered foreign agents who worked to influence public opinion and policy which resulted in the 1963 Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings which investigated and uncovered a "conduit" operation run by the American Zionist Council, which in 1959 was renamed AIPAC.
Within eight years, the American Zionist Council had received over a half a million "from the Jewish Agency to create a favorable opinion in this country for Israeli government policies. The Senate investigation closed down the conduit, but the extensive propaganda activities still go on…[and] by 1998, "US aid to Israel exceeded $3 billion a year, the highest amount of US aid given to any country." [3]
"AIPAC's illegal tactics harm America…[and] corporate crime inflicts far more damage on society than all street crime combined…Harvard economist Thomas Stauffer estimated the total cost of the prolonged conflict in the Middle East at $3 trillion [in 2002 USA dollars and he] lays a good deal of the blame for this at the doorstep of AIPAC." [4]
It has been written that the root of all evil is the love of money, and most nefarious are the consequences of nearly two-trillion American tax dollars which have reaped "special trade advantages, and preferential contracts. U.S. aid to Israel cost some 275,000 American jobs each year.
"Additional known items include loan guarantees-which the U.S. most probably will be forced to cover-special contracts for Israeli firms, legal and illegal transfers of marketable U.S. military technology, de facto exemption from U.S. trade protection provisions, and discounted sales or free transfers of U.S. military equipment…net purchases by U.S. parties of Israel Bonds, adds at least $40 billion to the total.
"U.S. jobs and exports have been affected, adding to costs and losses.
"As U.S. relations with Mid East countries deteriorated, trade was lost. Worsening political relations resulted in the loss of hundreds of thousands of U.S. jobs thanks to the Israel lobby." [5]
Smith also documents how money laundering of over 50 billion US dollars to "charitable" organizations and massive covert activities has enabled the ongoing building of the illegal and apartheid Israeli settlements which have expropriated legally owned Palestinian land.
Today a quarter of a million Jewish settlers/colonists-most all of which have no historical tie to the Holy Land, have created 'facts on the ground' to disable a viable contiguous Palestinian state.
On November 21, 2005, top U.S. law enforcement officials attended a briefing organized by the Council for the National Interest regarding how charities "such as B'nai B'rith and Hadassah were in direct control of the World Zionist Organization and directly linked to a massive money-laundering operation…[and the settlements are] an indirect generator of terrorism against the United States…Israel never signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation treaty [which prohibits] U.S. assistance to any country trafficking in nuclear enrichment's equipment or technology outside of international safeguards." [6]
The World is well aware of Israel's clandestine nuclear weapons development, stockpile, and launch capabilities, but due to the influence of AIPAC "it is business as usual in Washington: criminal wrongdoing continues to corrupt America's core values, rule of law, and Middle East policy, as the Israel lobby's crosshairs shift almost completely to Iran." [7]
On October 2, 2014, AIPAC commended the bipartisan group of 354 House Members who signed a letter urging Secretary of State Kerry to insist on full Iranian transparency regarding its nuclear research and development activities…The letter was initiated by Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Ed Royce (R-CA) and Ranking Democrat Eliot Engel (D-NY).
The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, October 2014 edition lists the top congressional recipients of Pro-Israel PAC Funds.
During his congressional career Eliot Engel has so far received $340,918 and Ed Royce received $43,450 between 2013-2014 from Pro-Israel PAC Funds.
Their letter to Kerry reads, "As you wrote in the Washington Post earlier this summer, if Iran's nuclear program is truly peaceful, 'it's not a hard proposition to prove.'
The only reasonable conclusion for its stonewalling of international investigators is that Tehran does indeed have much to hide."
In 1976, the Symington Amendment was adopted to fortify and extend the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
It prohibited US assistance to any country trafficking in nuclear enrichment equipment or technology outside of international safeguards.
However, not a word is heard from any American politician regarding Israel's nuclear program – but this 2012 candidate for US HOUSE has been reporting on USA collusion in Israel's Nuclear Deceptions since 2005, after meeting Israel's nuclear Whistleblower, Mordechai Vanunu during my first of eight investigative trips to both sides of The Wall in the Holy Land.
The world learned about Israel's 7-story underground nuclear weapons facility in 1986 thanks to Vanunu's photographic evidence, but American foreign policy has colluded in Israel's Nuclear Deceptions as well as Israel's negation of international law, UN resolutions, and denial of equal human rights for Palestinians, which have all contributed to the instability in the Middle East.
Beginning in the 1990's and even more so after 9/11, US politicians blind allegiance to Israel has been furthered by the claim that both states are threatened by Arab terrorist groups and rogue states bent on acquiring weapons of mass destruction.
However, America has more than enough to blow up this one small planet and is also the only state in the world to have targeted and murdered innocent ones via a Nuclear Holocaust.
Many Americans see Israel as an ally and Iran as a mutual enemy, but "We have seen the enemy and he is US!"-Pogo
The "war on terror" has become a tactic to infuse fear while it ignores that much of the anger in the Arab world is in response to Israel's military occupation of Palestine, the concrete wall/electrified fence that has been built on legally owned Palestinian property, which is "financed with U.S. aid at a cost of $1.5 million per mile. The Israeli wall prevents residents from receiving health care and emergency medical services. In other areas, the barrier separates farmers from their olive groves which have been their families' sole livelihood for generations." [8]
Eileen Fleming at The Wall in Bethlehem, copyright Meir Vanunu, 2007
William Fulbright warned, The age of warrior kings and of warrior presidents has passed. The nuclear age calls for a different kind of leadership.
A leadership of intellect, judgment, tolerance and rationality, a leadership committed to human values, to world peace, and to the improvement of the human condition.
The attributes upon which we must draw are the human attributes of compassion and common sense, of intellect and creative imagination, and of empathy and understanding between cultures.
However, America's 'leaders' continue to cower and pander to an "illegal foreign lobby that has long flouted US law and suborned the national interest as a foreign agent." [9]
For decades U.S. foreign policy and defense experts opposed even supporting the creation of Israel and the Zionist/Israel Lobby has "worked underground secretly and illegally throughout its history."
In "Against Our Better Judgment: The hidden history of how the United States was used to create Israel", Alison Weir documents how decades of Zionist propaganda reaped massive funding and diplomatic support for Israel to "sustain the forcibly established state and provided a blank check for its aggressive expansions."
Beginning in the early 20th century, the roots of political Zionism in America took hold and spread as a movement "through education and infection."
A Jewish non-Zionist labeled the movement as "foreign, un-American, racist and separatist phenomenon".
In 1939, Ben Gurion said he was "convinced that the main arena for Zionists efforts outside of Palestine was America."
That same year, under the leadership of Rabbi Hillel Silver, the American Zionist Emergency Council/AZEC and the United Jewish Appeal/UJA were created.
By 1948, the UJA had raised four times more than what Americans contributed to the Red Cross.
Both launched political and public relations offensives to capture the support of congress, clergy, editors, educators and labor leaders.
AZEC activists made direct contact with US reps and Senators and went "after union members, wives and parents of servicemen and Jewish veterans."
They rallied against anti-Zionist lecture tours to shut them down before they occurred or turned out to disrupt them.
In its 48th Annual Report the Zionist Organization of America proudly noted the "immensity of our operations and their diversity" which reaches "into every department of American life."
Of particular interest to American Christians should be AZEC's manipulation of clergy to support the "Christian Council on Palestine" [3,000 members by the end of WW II] and the "American Palestine Committee" [6,500].
The groups proclaimed "the tragic plight of [Jewish] refugees fleeing from persecution and finding no home" and good Americans were manipulated to favor the Zionist agenda through a Jewish refugee problem.
Weir quotes an American Christian Biblical scholar who spoke of a friend who had been living in Jerusalem who was told, "When we get control you can take your dead Christ and go home."
Of interest to ALL Americans should be the details Weir provides regarding U.S. State Department officials who opposed the creation of Israel because it "would imperil U.S. interests and violate democratic principles."
President Truman's State Department also warned that America would loose moral prestige for betraying "the high principles which we ourselves have enunciated during the period of the [Second World] War."
The Zionist agenda pushed the UN Partition Plan despite State Department warnings that its implementation "would guarantee that the Palestinian problem would be permanent and still more complicated in the future."
Due to the dearth of political forces to counter balance the Zionist agenda this generation would do well to heed President George Washington's warning to US:
Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all.
Passionate attachments for others should be excluded; and that, in place of them, just and amicable feelings towards all should be cultivated.
The nation which indulges towards another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
A passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils.– Farewell Address, 1796
Grant F. Smith, "Foreign Agents: The American Israel Public Affairs Committee from the 1963 Fulbright Hearings to the 2005 Espionage Scandal" Page 15. Published 2007 by the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy, Washington D.C.
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8. Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Page 43, Jan/Feb. 2007
9. Grant F. Smith, Page 168
In 2005, Eileen Fleming established WeAreWideAwake.org in response to her first of 8 trips to both sides of The Wall as a public service.
In 2012, Eileen Fleming ran for US HOUSE of Representatives
Eileen is the Administrator for FREE VANUNU and TNT/Telling Nuclear Truths
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Senior Non-Arab Correspondent for The Arab Daily News
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In 2012, Eileen ran for US House of Representatives District 5, in Fl.
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With all of the other remarkable choices in the area, trust me, make this one your last resort. There is nothing special about the food here, the service is poor, the place is filthy. I have no compliments and have given them several chances to win me over ( because I live right around the corner) and I'm never going back. Staffed by foolish acting young people with no hygienic standards. While I was there, they were changing out the oil for the fryelator and never changed their gloves after rolling up an extension cord and moving the equipment around. Then one of them starts sticking his hands into the clams and onion rings to begin cooking. Eeeeeghads! Need I say more?
Five of us descended on the Seafood Center and about $75 later, we had everything we wanted. We had various kinds of fried seafood and lobster stew. All of the fried seafood was exactly what it should be, the onion rings were a little disappointing because they were made with the large thin outside slices, the fries were good, and the lobster stew was full of lobster, but no tail meat. One thing about the portion sizes - small is small and large is large. This is worth noting because at some other places, even the small portion is pretty big. The people who ordered small portions of fried fish found that their portions were smaller than they would have liked, but my large fried clam strip dinner was actually quite large. As a local, I'll probably come here once or twice a year to get my fried clam fix. If I were a tourist, I'd made this one of my stops, and I'd make Nunan's Lobster Hut another one.


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A Scottish council has "serious questions to answer" over its decision to allow a Palestine festival linked to activists who have shared anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, Jewish leaders have said.
Community figures have urged West Dunbartonshire Council to "review their decision" to allow the planned 'Palestinian Weekend Festival' to go ahead next weekend at the council-owned Denny Civic Theatre and East End Park, Dumbarton.
The event is organised by the 'West Dunbartonshire Supports the People of Palestine' (WDSPP) group and promises a weekend of Palestinian and Scottish music, sport, dance and art.
But a blog by pro-Israel activist David Collier has revealed posts by in which one figure involved in the event shares a posts suggested Mossad involvement in the death of Princess Diana and in the 7/7 bombings.
Others linked to the group shared posts to wildly anti-Semitic sites and to articles claiming Israel trained IS terrorists.
But the Board of Deputies said it will be contacting the council to ask them to review their decision.
The Community Security Trust added: "The Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign and the local Council have serious questions to answer, given what has been shown about the views of some of these activists.
A joint statement from The Scottish Council of Jewish Communities and Glasgow Jewish Representative Council outlined concerns, saying that "some of the organisers seem to have posted some rather shocking examples of anti-Semitic imagery, tropes, and conspiracy theories on social media, and we hope that none of this will be reflected in the event itself.
Former MP Michael McCann, director of Israel Britain Alliance called for the event to be "cancelled immediately" due to the organisers' views.


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Join us for BikeMaine 2018 as we explore Acadia in the St. John Valley – La Terre Entre Deux.
2018 Route Information
2018 BikeMaine Route Map
Presque Isle, derived from the French term for peninsula (presqu'île), as the courses of the Aroostook River and Presque Isle Stream form a peninsula, is considered the hub of Aroostook County, the largest county in Maine, and the geographically largest east of the Mississippi River.
The village was founded in 1828 by Dennis Fairbanks and was originally known as Fairbanks Mills, with deep-rooted traditions in forestry and agriculture. Maine produces 4% of the national potato crop and Aroostook County produces 96% of that. In fact, the very first acre of potatoes planted in Aroostook County was planted in Presque Isle. Presque Isle is home to a nationally recognized Native American Tribe, the Aroostook Band of MicMacs, and has strong Acadian French and Swedish communities and culture nearby. Presque Isle boasts the first state park in the State of Maine, was the site of the 1978 lift-off of the first successful transatlantic balloon flight, and was the location of the nation's first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile – the SNARK.
Presque Isle to Caribou Route Description
"And they're off!"– The BikeMaine 2018 route begins by heading east to Fort Fairfield, which is located along the Canada–US border and features the Potato Blossom Festival in mid-July. From there, we travel north to Limestone, a small Maine community that is home to the #1 ranked high school in Maine (Maine School of Science and Mathematics), the #1 largest industrial park in Maine at Loring Commerce Centre, the #1 ranked best tasting public drinking water in Maine, and the #1 ranked most affordable place to live in Maine. Our final destination for the day is Collins Pond Park in Caribou, the most northeastern city in the United States.
Mileage: 51.8 miles
Elevation Gain: 2,760 feet
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The City of Caribou is not only the most northeastern city in the United States; it sits as the central jewel in the Crown of Maine, Aroostook County. Located 345 miles NE of Boston, Caribou boasts four seasons, three nations (America, Canada, and the Aroostook Band of Micmacs), two languages (English and French), and one fantastic way of life!
Although lumberjacks and trappers first came to Caribou in the early 1800s, it wasn't until 1859 that this corner of The County was incorporated. In the 1890s, Caribou saw an influx of settlers and the establishment of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad. This helped create a booming agricultural export business, making Caribou a worldwide name in the potato growing and shipping industries, and cementing our proud farming heritage.
Today, Caribou and Aroostook County farmers plant approximately 60,000 acres of potatoes and have become known as the largest grower of broccoli on the East Coast. In addition to farming, Caribou industries include medical, information technology, comprehensive customer care companies, wood products, and some pretty amazing homegrown entrepreneurs!
Caribou to Madawaska Route Description
"The Heart of the St. John Valley"– Heading due north, the Day 2 route takes us to Van Buren, another town located on the Canada–US border, and named after President Martin Van Buren. From there, we bike along the St. John River, through the small towns of Keegan, Notre Dame, Lille, Grand Isle, and St. David. Our home for two nights is Madawaska, which is well known for its friendly people and great hospitality. It serves as the center of Acadian culture in Maine and features easy access to its Canadian neighbor, Edmundston, and its extensive system of off-road bike paths.
Madawaska is home to many cultural and historical sites, all of which tell the story of its French-Acadian settlers. The spot where its ancestors first stepped foot in northern Maine is marked with a large cross, erected at the location where Acadians landed after fleeing from their Nova Scotia homeland in 1785 to avoid being deported by the British. During the early colonial period, Madawaska was a meeting place and hunting/fishing area for the Maliseet nation. Later, it was at the center of the bloodless Aroostook War.
The final border between the two countries was established with the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842, which gave Maine most of the disputed area, and gave the British a militarily vital connection between the province of Québec and the province of New Brunswick. Madawaska is the northernmost town in New England and its economy centers on the Saint John River paper industry. The Madawaska mill specializes in fine-grade papers. The town's economy is highly dependent upon cross-border trade, to the extent that Madawaska and its larger sister city of Edmundston are considered by residents under many aspects, a single economic entity.
Madawaska to Fort Kent Route Description
"The little town that could"– Today's route will make you dizzy, as it heads south to Long Lake, north through Frenchville, back south through St. Agatha, southwest through Ouellette, and north to New Canada and Fort Kent, our home for two nights. Fort Kent is a vibrant and prosperous community where one can attend kindergarten through 8th grade, graduate from high school, complete a 4-year college degree, AND earn a PhD . . . all within the same block!
FORT KENT
Fort Kent is a picturesque town located in Northern Maine on the Canadian Border. Known as the "Little Town That Could," Fort Kent has a rich heritage in French Canadian background that is instilled in the community. The Wesget Sipu people who live here today are dedicated to preserving their native culture and traditions. Fort Kent's French-speaking cultural origins pre-date – by 50 or more years – the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842, which created the border between current day Maine and Canada. The Acadians and the Québécois comprised the French population during the years before a border existed in the region.
In the 19th Century, Maine was the breadbasket of the Northeast. By the 1850s, buckwheat emerged as the grain crop of choice in the St. John Valley, representing 40-45% of all grain production in the area. Buckwheat pancakes, known locally as ployes (rhymes with boys), became a three-meal-per-day staple for Valley families from the 1850s to the 1950s. Ployes are such a rich part of Acadian culture that Fort Kent has celebrated the Ploye Festival every August for the last 16 years, where the featured event is cooking the world's largest ploye, about 12 feet in diameter.
Fort Kent to Allagash to Fort Kent Route Description
"Northern Maine moose country"– Day 5 is an out-and-back that starts in Fort Kent, heads southwest to Allagash, and then back to Fort Kent. This is a "not to be missed" adventure that takes you through a part of Maine that few have experienced by car, no less by bike. And, since Allagash is the starting point of the St. John Valley Cultural Byway, there are many historic and cultural sites along the way that should pique your interests. With the confluence of the Allagash and St. John Rivers located in the heart of town, Allagash provides access to numerous camping, fishing, and canoeing activities. Additionally, this area also offers hunting adventures for partridge, moose, deer, and bear during the fall season.
Despite its small population – 236 in the 2010 Census – Allagash boasts the largest total land area of any town in Maine. Located where the Allagash River and St. John River meet, Allagash is home to authors, artists, and musicians; crafters, quilters, and woodworkers; photographers, naturalists, and outfitters; and hardworking persons of many trades…an eclectic place.
Allagash was first inhabited by Algonguin Indians, who occupied all of the lands east of the Great Lakes, across New England, and into the Maritime regions. They were broken up into bands, which included the Mi'kmaq, the Passamaquoddy, the Maliseet, and the Penobscot. In the Allagash area, most of the Indians were from the Maliseet and the Mi'kmaq tribes, which eventually formed a loose group now called the Wabanaki.
Most of the early settlers were of Scotch-Irish descent. It is hard to pinpoint the exact year that the first settlers came to Allagash, and if you listen closely you can hear the touch of brogue that is uniquely Allagash.
Fort Kent to St. Agatha Route Description
"Camping in style"- Upon leaving Fort Kent, the route heads back east to Frenchville, a bit south to Long Lake, and farther east to explore the small but Acadian culture-rich communities of Fournier and Grand Isle. We then take a southwest tack, passing through Lavertue, on our way to Morin Farms, which is on the eastern shore of Long Lake. Pedaling north along Long Lake, we make our way around the northern end of the lake and head to our final 2018 BikeMaine Village, Lakeview Camping Resort, which is located high on a bluff overlooking the magnificent Long Lake in St. Agatha (pronounced Saint Ah-gaht).
The Town of St. Agatha, Maine is a small rural community located in northern Aroostook County. St. Agatha has a year round resident population of approximately 750, with seasonal increases in both summer and winter. The town is home to Long Lake, a 6,000-acre and 12-mile long body of water that attracts many tourists and part-time residents each year.
The first settler to build at the head of Long Lake was Menon Ouellette, who came from Canada and built a lumber camp on the Reginald Tardiff Farm in 1847. After cutting was completed in the spring of 1848, he decided to stay and clear land for a farm. The soil was so rich that by 1865 over thirty families had settled at the head of the lake. The town bears the name of the parish, which had been established ten years earlier. The religious influence, which the community represents, was given the name — Town of St. Agatha — after the Sicilian Saint of the third century.
St. Agatha to Presque Isle Route Description
"Navigating the Lakes of Aroostook"-The last morning of BikeMaine 2018 begins with a beautiful ride along the western shore of Long Lake and through the town of Guerette, which is nestled alongside the eastern shore of Cross Lake. Heading southeast, we pedal through St. Etropus Cemetery (where we'll have the road to ourselves!) and enjoy some rolling hills as we approach the northeastern shore of Madawaska Lake. From there, we continue riding southeast to New Sweden, a Swedish colony established in 1870, Caribou, and back to where we started . . . Presque Isle, Maine, where a farewell luncheon awaits.
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Organized retail is growing in India.
India's economic growth continues apace. For the April-June 2007 quarter, which is the first for the Indian fiscal year, GDP growth was 9.3%—up marginally from the previous quarter's growth, which came in at 9.1%. Over the full fiscal year 2006-2007, India's economy grew by 9.4%, propelled mainly by double-digit growth in manufacturing and services. The expansion is providing welcome news for the government: According to the Ministry of Finance, direct tax revenues between April and August of this year skyrocketed by 42% to $15 billion as a result of economic buoyancy.
According to the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the Indian manufacturing sector output grew by 10% from April to June 2007, despite the backdrop of a tightening monetary environment. Among the 100 manufacturing subsectors tracked by the CII, 23 recorded growth in excess of 20%. Manufacturing growth is at a nine-month high, driven by India's consumer boom.
Cashing in on the consumer boom are conglomerates such as Reliance Industries that have entered retailing in a big way. A little over 90% of retail sales in India are through unorganized, single-owner stores, but organized, branded retailing is growing by 35% annually. Reliance Industries has announced a $6 billion rollout of "hypermarts," which is already well under way in several parts of the country.
Growth momentum like this is expected to continue, and demand for power is expected to soar. The Power Grid Corporation has announced it will invest $44 billion in expanding the national distribution grid across India to transmit 37,000 megawatts of electricity by 2012—up substantially from its current 14,000 megawatts. This investment will keep up with the national electricity plan that is building up India's generation capacity to 210,000 megawatts by 2012. Power Grid launched a domestic IPO in early September to raise around $750 million—the issue was more than 60-times oversubscribed.


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Why did the Continental Congress adopt the Olive Branch Petition quizlet?
Ben Davis December 13, 2019
Why did the Continental Congress issued the Olive Branch Petition?
Why did the Continental Congress adopt the Olive Branch Petition one year before the Declaration of Independence?
Why is the Olive Branch Petition important?
What was the purpose of the Olive Branch Petition quizlet?
What happened after the Olive Branch Petition was rejected?
What did the Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms say?
What were the Declaration of Rights and the Olive Branch Petition?
Who wrote the Olive Branch Petition and why?
What are three differences between the Olive Branch Petition and common sense?
What did Olive Branch Petition asked the king to do?
What was King George's response to the Olive Branch Petition quizlet?
What is the meaning of to take up arms?
What was the declaration of the causes and necessities of taking up arms quizlet?
When should I take up arms?
What were the major achievement of the Second Continental Congress?
What act did the Second Continental Congress make in 1775?
What was the most significant accomplishment of the Second Continental Congress defend your answer quizlet?
What were at least 3 of the most significant achievements of the Second Continental Congress?
What was the purpose of the Continental Congress quizlet?
What was the primary purpose of the Continental Congress?
What was significant about the First Continental Congress?
What was the main goal of the Continental Congress?
What was the cause and effect of the First Continental Congress?
Why did the continental congress adopt the olive branch petition? To prevent parliament from breaking with the colonies until a compromise could be worked out.
The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by Congress on July 5th, 1775 to be sent to the King as a last attempt to prevent formal war from being declared. The Petition emphasized their loyalty to the British crown and emphasized their rights as British citizens.
The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 5, 1775, and signed on July 8 in a final attempt to avoid war between Great Britain and the Thirteen Colonies in America.
The Olive Branch Petition was an important document because its rejection by King George and Parliament strengthened the influence and position of radicals favoring independence.
What was the Olive Branch Petition? A petition sent to the King by Congress where the delegates asked the King to stop using military force against the colonists so they could settle their differences with Parliament peacefully.
King George III refused to even accept or consider the Olive Branch petition sent by the Continental Congress. While George III did not respond to the Olive Branch Petition, he did react to the petition by declaring his own Proclamation of Rebellion.
The Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms is a Resolution adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 6, 1775, which explains why the Thirteen Colonies had taken up arms in what had become the American Revolutionary War.
Whereas in the Olive Branch Petition, Congress identified themselves as representatives of twelve colonies; in the Declaration, Congress claims to speak for the "United States of America." The intervening months amounted to a critical period of self-definition.
First, they both wanted independence. Also, they were both trying to convince, but the Olive Branch was trying to convince the king while Common Sense was trying to convince the colonists. The Olive Branch petition was trying to get peace between Britain and the colonists.
The Olive Branch Petition asked King George III to recognize the colonists' rights as Englishmen and repeal the unjust laws passed by Parliament….
During the 1770's, the second continental congress sent the Olive Branch Petition to King George III requesting to settle their differences peacefully without going to war. King George III rejects the petition outright.
: to pick up weapons and become ready to fight They took up arms to defend their city. The rebels are taking up arms against their own government.
The Declaration of the Cause and Necessities of Taking Up Arms stated that the colonists were ready to die for freedom. how did the divided loyalties of the colonist affect the second continental congress? – They passed resolutions that favored both negotiations and a tough stance against the British government.
take up arms (against someone or something) To prepare for or engage in a physical conflict (by arming oneself) against someone or something.
The Second Continental Congress assumed the normal functions of a government, appointing ambassadors, issuing paper currency, raising the Continental Army through conscription, and appointing generals to lead the army. The powers of the Congress were still very limited, however.
On June 14, 1775, Congress voted to create the Continental Army out of the militia units around Boston and appointed George Washington of Virginia as commanding general. On July 6, 1775, Congress approved a Declaration of Causes outlining the rationale and necessity for taking up arms in the Thirteen Colonies.
What was the most significant accomplishment of the Second Continental Congress? Leading the army under Washington.
This congress acted much more like a government sending ambassadors to foreign countries, printing its own money, getting loans, and raising an army. Major accomplishments of the Second Continental Congress: On June 14, 1775 they established the Continental Army. They made George Washington General of the Army.
The First Continental Congress was held in Philadelphia on September 5, 1774. Its purpose was to allow the colonies to consult over the common dispute with England.
Delegates from all of the colonies except Georgia gathered in Philadelphia for the First Continental Congress in the autumn of 1774. The purpose of the Congress was to show support for Boston and to work out a unified approach to the British.
In 1776, it took the momentous step of declaring America's independence from Britain. Five years later, the Congress ratified the first national constitution, the Articles of Confederation, under which the country would be governed until 1789, when it was replaced by the current U.S. Constitution.
The main goal of the First Continental Congress was to counter the 5 Intolerable Acts of the British Parliament. The delegates, who attended the First Continental Congress in 1774, intended to emphasize the Parliament of Great Britain and King George III to repeal all those harmful acts under any circumstances.
Cause: The king was mad about the Boston Tea Party and wanted to punish the colonists. Effect: In 1774 the First Continental Congress met. Summary: In response to Britain's taxes and treatment of the colonists, leaders of the colonies met to discuss what to do about Britain.
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Home>Crime> Man Wearing Black Face At Anti-Racism Protest In Toronto Arrested
Man Wearing Black Face At Anti-Racism Protest In Toronto Arrested
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No charges have been laid after Toronto police arrested the man.
Cities across Canada are hosting their own protests against racism and police brutality in response to the ongoing demonstrations in America. Protests in Toronto have been taking place all week and while they've gone on without a hitch for the most part, there was one man who attempted to stir up controversy with a Black face costume.
Videos emerged from the protest yesterday of a man wearing a Blackface costume as he walked through the crowd. The tensions rose and at one point, he was in the midst of a heated confrontation all while being surrounded by police. He argued that he wasn't "trying to be disruptive" even with the paint, though he's heard yelling at a protester, "If I want to put it on my face, I'll put it on my face." Sounds like something that should be reserved for bedroom dialogue, but anyways.
Per Global News, Toronto Police escorted him out and arrested him for breach of peace. Though they said that was what he was initially charged with, they stated that no charges have actually been laid and "inquiries continue."
Along with the deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, protests in Toronto were organized following the death of 29-year-old Regis Korchinski-Paquet.
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Challenging times are giving way to fresh ambition and hope at JRG Dubai, with newly appointed managing director Emma Banks at the forefront of wide scale restructuring at the home-grown restaurant development company.
Backed by parent company Dubai Holding, key positions have been filled, with a new executive chef and operations manager among the appointments of the past few months. A "drive brand", The Noodle House, has been brought into the fold, and JRG Dubai's portfolio is sleeker and more streamlined than ever.
It's all part of Banks' commercial strategy to continue to grow the business, but while avoiding as much risk as possible. With recent high-profile group closures like 360° and The Agency wine bar, it's clear that JRG Dubai is operating in a difficult market, but Banks is optimistic about the future.
To enact her plan, Banks has brought together what she calls a "dream team" with a glut of promotions and new hires into key roles in recent months. Ben Tobitt has been promoted to executive group chef following seven years with the company, while Richard Cowling has returned to JRG to become operations manager. Niki Walsh also returns to the group to head up its marketing and digital transformation strategy, and Steven Holloway and Stefan Borchardt have begun key roles at The Noodle House.
The restoration of the group's reputation started with the successful opening of Flow, with Banks saying that "JRG showed its innovation a year ago when we launched Flow.
Next up are two entirely new concepts set to be confirmed in the coming weeks and opened before 2019, while two locations in Dubai have also been found for The Noodle House, although they aren't expected to open until Q3 2019 and Q1 2020, according to Banks.
Borchardt and Tobitt are in the midst of releasing a new menu for The Noodle House also, while talks are also underway with possible franchise partners. Banks tells us that The Noodle House is a "drive brand" for JRG Dubai and a lot of resources are going into ensuring its success including rebranding and new fit out.
Does this mark a change in strategy for JRG, who had 40 restaurants when Tobitt first joined the group, but are now operating at around the 15 mark? Banks doesn't think so.
With the failure rate in the restaurant market globally ranging from 25% to 60% in the first year alone depending on which study you read, being 95% sure that a concept will be a success seems impractical, but Banks is putting her faith in her team.
While new concepts are certainly on the horizon, taking care of some of the older brands is also a priority for JRG. Tobitt admits some of them aren't looking their best and need to be upgraded to compete in today's market.
There could be a return to for The Agency, one of the group's most popular brands which closed its only location at Souk Madinat back in June. Banks tells us that plans for "The Agency 2.0" are well underway and Pai Thai is also next on the refurbishment list.
One thing JRG is taking a new approach to is its marketing, commercial, and digital transformation. Niki Walsh has returned to the group, she was previously GM of The Ivy, to lead the way on that. Banks says that "digital transformation is one of our biggest challenges" and the changes that Walsh intends to make across the sector are large.
Walsh says: "Everyone is competing for people's time and attention and we need to get better at how we do that.
"From a social perspective we've brought everything in-house. I personally don't feel like you can get the essence of a brand remotely, I think you have to do that from the floor and you need to involve the guys on the shop floor.
Walsh says the financial investment in technology has already been "massive" but with the backing of Dubai Holding, JRG is back in a position to press forward across all fields. While Banks admits that "the market remains very challenging", she is clear in her goals and what it will take to achieve them.
She says: "Operators talk about oversupply of F&B. I think if you stay focused on what you do and if your offer is relevant, you're in the right location, and you're giving customers what they want, you'll survive this. In the main it's either operators who are offering at the right price what customers want or, unfortunately, location is key.
"I think digital transformation is one of our biggest challenges – making sure that we are investing in technology but investing in the right technology. One of the things we find as a business is a lot of our technology is there but it doesn't necessarily speak to each other, so we're making sure all our frontline technology all speaks to one piece of technology back of house. So I think the digital roadmap is a very challenging and exciting area for us as a business to make sure our big data is relevant.
With a five-year plan just underway, Banks is unsurprisingly not willing to give much away about JRG's future plans, but she leaves by saying that "if we stick to the five-year plan this business will be threefold what it is now, and considerably more profitable".
JRG Dubai was among the first F&B operators in the UAE to announce the complete ban of plastic straws across its venues – and Banks says it's just the beginning.
"Chef Ben is working with local suppliers, local fisheries, local produce. We are looking at vertical farming incentives. It's something that a lot of F&B operators are taking very seriously in Dubai. All these things five years ago didn't really feature on the radar and now they are more and more, so from a culinary perspective Ben is leading that and he works with our supply chain on all those issues. If you look at our CSR and sustainability, one of the biggest pieces we've done so far is earlier this year we had a complete ban on plastic straws, swizzle sticks, stirrers, tooth picks, in our business. We did that in January/February and then in March we had a complete amnesty on plastic in The Noodle House which caused quite a stir.


In the spring of 2015 I upgraded my imaging equipment to include a C14 XLT and CGE Pro mount. I had been observing the excellent planet images being posted on the internet using Celestron 14" telescopes and decided after a long deliberation to give one a try. I decided to buy a CGE Pro mount which is well matched for this OTA's weight and was within my budget. I bought both the scope and mount used on Astromart and have not been disappointed. I added an Optec TCF-Si motorized focuser to complete the system. I had to modify the wheelerbars that I had been using for my 12" LX200GPS to fit the smaller tripod footprint of the CGE Pro mount. In the fall of 2015 I updated my laptop to a mid-2012 MacBook Pro with USB 3 ports and 256 GB SSD. I added an external USB 3 500GB SSD to accommodate the high speed data captures from my new ASI174MM USB 3 camera. I installed Windows 7 Pro 64 on this system to accommodate the Windows based software. I can roll the equipment out of the garage and onto my driveway and setup quickly for a few hours of imaging when conditions are good for planetary imaging.
I have glued large washers to the driveway to help reposition the scope in the same location each night. This scope, a 12" LX200GPS, requires at least 2 hr to reach ambient temp. after being removed from the garage. My laptop is a 2 Ghz Core 2 Duo, 4GB, 500 Gbyte Apple MacBook Pro running Windows 7 via Bootcamp or Mac OS X (Lion) in native mode. The ladder is to allow access to the collimation nobs. The scope is mounted on Wheeley Bars. The Meade SuperWedge has been extensively modified to better support alignment and tracking.
My current camera for Lunar and Planetary imaging is a ASI174MM USB 3.0 camera manufactured by ZWO. Previously I have used an ASI120MM and Flea3 camera manufactured by Point Grey. The ASI174MM camera is monochrome. I have an manual Orion 5 position filter wheel that I use with this camera. I have Chroma Technology L-RGB filters. I also have an Astronomik Planet IR Pro 742 filter that I use with this setup. I have a 2.5x TeleVue Barlow that I usually use with this camera. Depending on object brightness, filters used and ROI selected I am able to run this camera at 200 fps and higher. I use FireCapture software with this camera for image acquisition. I utilize AutoStakkert 2, RegiStax, WinJupos, PhotoShop and Topaz for planetary image processing.
My current camera for deep sky imaging is an SBIG ST-8XME camera. I have a CFW-8a and AO-8 that I also use with this camera. This combination allows me to take 10 minute sub exposures at F10 with my Meade LX200GPS. The AO-8 performs fast guiding (up to 10 corrections/sec) to overcome the guide errors that remain after PEC has been applied to the Meade Mount. I utilize CCDSoft to control this equipment for image acquisition. I use FocusMax for automated focusing using the standard Meade focuser. I utilize PemPro for PEC training, backlash characterization and drift alignment. I utilize CCDStack for image calibration and processing. I use PhotoShop CS5 for final image touchup. I have several F6.3 focal reducers that I have not been able to work to my satisfaction with this equipment. I have a Hotech self-centering adapter (SCA) that I use to interface the camera/filter wheel/adaptive optics units to the focuser. I have found the SCA to significantly reduce the flexure in my optical train.
All of my imaging thus far has been done from the driveway of my home near the center of Dallas Texas. The light pollution map on the left is from the Clear Sky Clock for Dallas. My location on this map is well within the white area in the center. I have measured the sky brightness with my CCD and gotten a figure of 16.1 magnitude per square arc second. These conditions do not adversely affect my lunar and planetary imaging. These conditions limit my Exoplanet light curve efforts to relatively bright stars with large magnitude deltas. Even with this limitation there are numerous targets. Deep sky imaging is severely impacted. Attempts to capture color images of faint galaxies has proven to be very difficult. I have managed to successfully acquire color images of small planetary nebula with relatively high surface brightness. In recent years the trees in my yard have encroached on my observing location. This has also impacted my imaging opportunities.


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Life Issues Forum - Defending Our First Freedoms
The Supreme Court recently issued its ruling in NIFLA v. Becerra holding that pro-life pregnancy centers are likely to succeed in their challenge to a California law that forced them to advertise and refer for abortion. The Court held that the centers were entitled to a preliminary injunction halting the law's enforcement.
The so-called "Reproductive FACT Act" required medically-licensed pregnancy support centers to provide information to clients about publicly funded abortion, in direct opposition to their mission and purpose. The National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA), an advocacy group for pregnancy resource centers, challenged the law, asserting that it violated the centers' First Amendment right to free speech. In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court agreed.
The Court found that the government
was wrong to compel pro-life groups and individuals to express a message that conflicts with their beliefs. To maintain a truly free society, the government cannot compel speech that violates a person's or organization's convictions, especially on controversial topics like abortion.
In a statement, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, Chairman of the USCCB Committee on Pro-Life Activities noted that this was "an important victory for the free speech rights of pro-life organizations." He celebrated that the Court's vote allows "pro-life pregnancy care centers to continue providing life-affirming support to both mother and child without being forced by governments to provide free advertising for the violent act of abortion in direct violation of the center's pro-life convictions."
The Supreme Court has consistently held that government hostility toward people of faith is unconstitutional and has no place in our society. As Justice Thomas wrote in the Court opinion, the California law "targets speakers, not speech, and imposes an unduly burdensome disclosure requirement that will chill their protected speech."
Pregnancy care centers provide free practical resources, information, and emotional support to the women who walk through their doors. Unjust laws like the California "FACT Act" unfairly burden those who wish to serve their communities, threatening the welfare of thousands of women, children and families who depend on the care and resources provided by these centers.
Thankfully, the Supreme Court recognized that government cannot compel speech that violates one's deeply held beliefs. Justice Kennedy wrote in his concurring opinion, "This law is a paradigmatic example of the serious threat presented when government seeks to impose its own message in the place of individual speech, thought, and expression."
Given that governments are increasingly trying to coerce institutions of faith to endorse secular ideas that directly oppose their religious beliefs, it is fitting that the Court's ruling was announced during Religious Freedom Week—a time in which the bishops have asked the Church to pray and act for the protection of religious liberty in the United States and abroad. The Court's decision was most welcome and reinvigorates our united efforts for this purpose.
The USCCB's amicus brief to the Supreme Court in support of NIFLA highlighted that this case was not principally about abortion, but rather about the First Amendment right of all religious organizations to choose for themselves not only what to say, but "what not to say." As we look forward to the celebration of Independence Day on July 4, we thank our Lord for a country whose Constitution upholds the right to free speech and exercise of religion and pray for the courage to always defend that right when it is challenged.
Chelsy Gomez is Program Associate for the Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. For more information on the bishops' pro-life activities, please visit www.usccb.org/prolife.


IKEA Australia partnered with SCANN3D to launch the IKEA Virtual Reality (VR) experience earlier today. IKEA is the first large retail store in Australia to launch a VR shopping experience, providing shoppers with a 3D tour of an iconic IKEA store to browse and purchase products.
IKEA wanted to provide their customers with an engaging virtual online shopping experience following the success of their online shopping launch in Canberra, Tasmania, North Queensland and Northern Territory.
IKEA Australia Multichannel Specialist Malcolm Haylett said the IKEA Virtual Reality Store was about bringing online shopping to life in a new, interactive way.
"The IKEA Virtual Reality store has been developed to support our online shopping service. We know that it's important for customers to see and experience our home furnishings range. IKEA has recently made a move towards online retailing, but we want to offer the full IKEA store experience to our online shoppers," said Mr Haylett.
SCANN3D is excited by for the launch as it demonstrates that 3D tours and virtual reality can be successful in industries such as retail. SCANN3D aims to help 3D tour providers by unlocking new verticals that will benefit from utilising immersive media.


WASHINGTON -- General Motors Co. and GMAC's second-highest tier of executives are limited to salaries of $500,000 and are prohibited from receiving bonuses unrelated to performance under Treasury Department guidelines announced Friday.
The goal of the limits set by Kenneth Feinberg, Treasury's special master for executive compensation, is to focus executives on long-term gains and financial stability rather than short-term growth, Treasury said in a statement.
Feinberg already had set limits for the top 25 executives at GM, GMAC, Chrysler Group and Chrysler Financial. The limits announced today apply to the next 75 highest-paid executives.
At least 50 percent of each second-tier executive's total compensation must be held for at least three years.
In most cases executives' cash salary is to be limited to 45 percent of the total. Any cash incentives are to be delivered over two years, eliminating large lump-sum cash bonuses, Treasury said.
The four companies' compensation committees, under rules set by the government, identified about 12 executives who qualified as exceptions to the $500,000 limit.
Chrysler and Chrysler Financial weren't affected by today's limits because few of their lower-ranking executives were paid more than half a million dollars.


Lazy Lane Cabins in Hocking Hills offers a variety of Ohio vacation cabins, cottages, and a luxury vacation home near the parks and nature areas of Hocking Hills State Park in southeast Ohio. Lodging and accommodations for family vacations, romantic getaway weekends, and wedding honeymoons. Our vacation rentals can accommodate 2-6 people comfortably. Rent multiple cabins or cottages for large group accommodations for family and class reunions or corporate retreats.
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The Neurosurgery Department at Froedtert South diagnoses and treats diseases and disorders affecting the nervous system, including the brain, spinal cord and the brain's vascular system.
You might need to see a neurosurgeon for conditions such as hemorrhages, hydrocephalus, trauma or injury to the head or spinal cord, herniated discs, infections or tumors.
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Froedtert South provides the highest standard of neuroendovascular surgery with state-of-the-art angiography-biplane imaging technology and experienced neuro interventionists. The 3D biplane technology greatly expands treatment capabilities for stroke, aneurysm and other life-threatening neurovascular conditions by allowing enhanced, 3D visualization of the brain. This technology produces sharp, continuous snapshots inside the blood vessel, enabling the specialist to maneuver a catheter through the arteries of the neck or brain.
Dr. Ahuja, a practicing neurosurgeon since 1995, leads the Neurosurgery Department. Dr. Ahuja has managed over 10,000 cases, making him one of the most experienced neurosurgeons in southeastern Wisconsin. Dr. Ahuja employs the Maximum Access Surgery approach to lumbar fusion, which reduces the dissection of muscle, decreases blood loss and hastens recovery. The ability to use both surgery and endovascular treatments enables Dr. Ahuja to take the optimal path for the treatment of aneurysms, minimizing hospital stays and decreasing recovery time.
Please call our neurosurgery staff with any questions or to schedule an appointment.


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Natalie Haythornthwaite	- Contributor
When I was 10 and had just started playing netball, my mum took me to an England game at Manchester Arena.
I fell in love with it straightaway and ever since then I wanted to play for England.
When it finished I ran down to the court to get all the players' signatures on a netball. I'm sure mum's still got that ball somewhere at home in my memory box.
My mum Paula played netball and some of my first memories of the sport were of watching her.
We lived in a small village and there was a netball fun day at the local sports centre. Mum took us along and we were all excited and ready to go, but when we got there it was just me and my two sisters Lauren and Ashleigh. We didn't mind and the coach didn't seem to mind and I've never looked back since.
Lauren started playing first and I'd go to watch her. I wasn't old enough to be allowed to train with them. I'd wear my netball outfit, anyway, sit on the sidelines with mum, and think, 'I hope they ask me to train'.
Later we all played together in the same team, even mum. We'd do all the running.
Dad worked loads but he would usually come to my games on the weekends. If it was just mum at the game, then dad rang me straight after.
Me playing for the Swifts has been a challenge for them. They get up at all hours to watch our games on the app. At home they'd come to every single game; drive up and down the country to see me play.
Mum, especially, is finding it hard, saying, 'I can't just jump on a plane and come and see your game and then fly back.'
It's hard being away from home at times. I missed 10 games through a hamstring injury this season, and that's tough for any athlete, especially when your family and fiancé are on the other side of the world.
Both my sisters and I got engaged in the last year. They've already pretty much planned where and when they're getting married.
My fiancé Josh and I joke that we're going to have to get married on FaceTime. Get everyone to log in for our virtual wedding. Because we're so busy and on the other side of the world from each other, we know we'll get married, we just don't know the details yet.
We met at Uni and he's a basketballer, still plays and runs a team back in England, alongside his job coaching basketball fulltime in a school. We both enjoy the sporting life and that's awesome.
It's tough living apart but because we both come from a sports background we understand the situation.
Josh knows netball is my job and, even though we're living apart and engaged, he's so supportive and understands the dream won't last forever, so he's always said 'go for it'.
Had the best 5 years with you so far @jaydotmet, thank you for being the best boyfriend/fiancé/best friend I could ever ask for. Love ya long time… Can't wait to be your wife ❤
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Josh was out here from England earlier in the season. He came out to watch me and two days later I did my hamstring. It was the worst timing ever. But I'm glad he was able to be there with me. He was the icing champion, making sure I was treating it properly and icing it every hour in the early stages.
I first came to the Swifts midway through last season, so this is my first full season and I was excited about contributing from the start.
I loved doing the pre-season, felt it was going really well and was still buzzing from winning the Commonwealth Games gold medal, then the hamstring went.
When it happened I realised straightaway I'd done something, but I didn't think it would be a three-month issue costing me 10 rounds. It's been a really testing time, especially being so far away from home, and on my first, proper full-year contract. It's the first time I've had an injury that's kept me out of a domestic season.
So many emotions went through my mind. Firstly, I felt really bad, blaming myself, but also feeling like I'd let the Swifts down.
They've been so supportive and have gone above and beyond to try and get me back – sought all the opinions in the early stages, gave me all the support I needed. Absolutely incredible.
They helped keep my World Cup dreams alive, and got me back for the last few round games and finals over here. I'm grateful now that I am able to do my job for them.
HELEN'S GOT THE TV REMOTE
I'm living with two of my teammates – Helen Housby and Sam Wallace.
Their support has been a huge help as well.
I knew Helen from back in England. When I got hurt I was crying and she was crying, 'I wonder if we'll get to play together'.
We balance each other out really well. They'll say I'm a worrier and they've made me less worried.
Sam's been teaching me how to cook Trinidadian meals, I've been teaching her how to cook some things as well.
We watch a lot of films and TV together. Sam's easygoing. Helen's usually got the TV remote in her hands, so she's picking the program.
We started watching American Horror Story a while back but I got too scared so we stopped that. We watched Love Island and Married at First Sight, and but lately it's a been a film every night.
I think Sam's absolutely incredible, how she is dealing with what happened with her dad. We were living together when he had his second stroke. It was a tough time for her and important for us to be there for her.
I don't know that I could do what she's doing right now. Staying here, playing some of the best netball of her life. It's so inspiring. We talk about her dad and she fills me in on his progression and I think it helps for her to be so open and talk about that with us at times.
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"Salad-eater" tends to be the stereotype by which vegetarians are defined. And in general, it's probably a fair guess to say that most people's idea of "salad" in this instance is some lettuce in a bowl with a few tomatoes, maybe a cucumber, and some dressing.
While we would venture to guess that most vegetarians and vegans enjoy salads, of course that is not ALL we eat, and the "lettuce in a bowl" connotation is definitely wrong! In this episode of the Vegetarian Zen podcast we explore the depth and vibrancy of excellent salads.